“The EU-Mercosur agreement is highly detrimental and will lead to the dismantling of Polish agriculture, which will be flooded with cheap, competitive products from Mercosur countries. The agreement is expected to enter into force this summer. Therefore, during the upcoming session of the Sejm, the Law and Justice (PiS) parliamentary group will submit a resolution calling on the Polish government to block the agreement with Mercosur countries,” said PiS MP Krzysztof Ciecióra.
EU-Mercosur Agreement: PiS to Submit Resolution to Block It
As MP Ciecióra announced during a press conference on Monday, PiS intends to submit the resolution at the upcoming session of the Sejm. MP Waldemar Buda further clarified that the resolution will call on the Polish government to build a so-called “blocking minority” within the EU capable of rejecting the proposed trade agreement with the South American Mercosur bloc.
“For the past six months, we have heard that the government would do everything possible to prevent the agreement. Today, however, we see that the government’s voice has no real impact on actual decisions, and that the agreement is set to be implemented this summer,” said MP Ciecióra.
MP Buda added that he “sees no international activity from the government on this matter.”
“We are concerned that no one in the government is addressing this issue,” he said, noting, for instance, that the topic did not come up during recent talks between Prime Minister Donald Tusk and French President Emmanuel Macron.
“This lazy, ineffective government must be mobilized to take any action at all,” Ciecióra urged.
At present, the EU is finalizing the details of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. In December 2024, the European Commission announced the conclusion of negotiations—after nearly 25 years—with the South American countries involved. A political agreement was reached with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Following a legal review and translation into national languages, the European Commission will submit the agreement to EU member states for ratification, which is expected to occur mid-year.
At that point, the path to ratification will become clearer. If the European Commission deems the agreement to fall solely within the EU’s competence, it will require only the approval of the European Parliament and a qualified majority vote by EU member states in the Council—i.e., 15 countries representing at least 65% of the EU population. If, however, it is classified as a “mixed agreement,” ratification by individual member states will also be required. It is also possible that the agreement will be split into parts—those under exclusive EU competence and those requiring national ratification.
In EU countries with strong agricultural sectors, the potential implementation of the agreement has raised concerns about opening the EU market to large volumes of inexpensive South American food products. Among the countries expressing such concerns is Poland, while France—a country where agriculture also plays a key economic role—has emphasized the need to structure the agreement in a way that safeguards European food producers.